St. Landry democrat., 1887-01-01

! caused by the presence OF minute hur
rowing acari, which form galleries un.
der the scales, and thus give rise 10 It
disease
1t IS most frequent among the A,.at:t
toNiS. who's" lr@s are large and &~t
covered W til large, loosely placed
scales. Those otter attractive harbor:
for these insects, in which they increase
enormously and soon become extremely
annoying, al the NOR 50 that they are
beyond the reach of the fowls them
selves, who can not rid themselves o.
their tormcntors. This mite is almosl
precisely Ike the acarus Of mangr,
which 50 much troubles dogs. eats anG
other domestic animals, and tie itch
acarnS which infcstS y r~On~ Of IN lean
habits. They are all Indicative Of filth.
and spread from one indy dual to an.
other with surprising rapidity. In our
own yards the Introduction Of adj seaseG
Braf1na cock from the flock OF IL notec
breeder Was the cauS, OF the infection
OF flock Of eighty in q few days. and the
sudden appearance Of the dis ase led te
an lmmcd ate invest CATION and the dis
cOv"ry of is nature
Fortunately the remedy and the means
OF preventing it are nipple and easy.
Crude petroleum. or keros ne OIL mXct
with an equal quantity Of raw lnsccG
oil or castor OIL, thoroughly brushed
into the .&icS OF the lcg-. VIII desire,
the mites at once. An ointment Of ard
an sulphur is not 50 rapidly effective,
but answers the purpose. The more
pnnetratiye petroleum is absorbed into
the wounded skin and enters the bur.
rows and destroys the pests. A reTeti
ton Of the dressing will be required ir
ten days to destroy the Young, new,
hatchHi mites, which mature and lay Z
new brood Of eggs in this short period
Other parasites are the red mites which
are found on the skin at night. busily
sucking block and Fostering the fowls.
Lice, Of al least two different kinds, and
tleas also infest birds and at times &C
a5undantlya5 to be fatal to them. Set.
ting hens are often driven from theil
nests by these pests. and til.
young chicks pine away and perish,
and the owner is wholly ignor-
ant Of the reason. The red NIT : bur.
row in the shanks OF the feathers. eli et1y
the wing feathers, and among the down
one handles the fowls at NIGHT an intoi.
cradle itching may soon be felt all over
the body from the crown Of the head tc
the feet This S caused by the inya.
son of the person by these invisible
pests, which swarm over tho clothing
and soon penetrate to the skin and be.
gin their pumping operat ons. These
are described by Swedish naturalist,
Schiodte, who published a whole treatise
upon these parasites. The insect
thrusts its minute beak into the skin
and starts its pump to work. Ihe valves
are situated in the head, in front Of the
eyes, and may be seen by the & d of >
ma@n ifving glass, like trianru'a,
spot, which expand and con
tract with increasing rapidity.
Soon the pulsationS become &c
rapid that several may be counted
in second. The blood thus
from the veins Of the victim is
which in its rapid action vibrates from
5; de to side so that its bendin9s appear
Ike the rapid coiling of & rope on
ships deck
This blood-thirsty characteristic is the
same in all these various pests, ana
hence it is not strange that neglected
flock. turned over to their rnpacity
should be wholly Improbable and
nuisance to the owner. There is 9
most effective remedy for all these
pests; this is oil, which at touch dc,
stroys them. The easiest way of apply.
ing this RENE " is to smear it upon the
DercheS and under the wings Of the
birds, were the insects cOngrega5e most
The mixture of oil and kerosene above.
has been found completely
for this purpose against al.
hcse parasites. But no remedy viii
ong be avaling unless perfect cleanli
less is observed and the dr0ppngs in
which the pests breed are removed
rom the house N. I. Times.
--Stoneboro possesses a ten-year-olt
-oung America of remarkable enter
or!se. SO anxious was this little fellow
o see the Oil City the other day, it i:
'clated, that he crawlcd under the pilot
If a locomotive that was standing or
he track at Stoncboro, and, fixing him.
elf Oh one Of the cross bars, took firm
srasp of the iron, expecting to en- Joys
lovel ride and see the glories OF Oil
lily besides. Fortunately for him,
however, the engineer, rs he was oiling
he locomotive. found HIM before he
lad been in his perilous post on fly,
minutes. The youngster was yanked oW
II q jifly and given a seat III the cab,
where he could be watched until tue
rain started. I'll cHi0 HerGyd.
Otis Holden, of Moose River, Me
vas carried there by his mother OF
now-shoes oyeE seventy years 400. 0
is father it Is told by the Fairfield